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Washington Post politicstransportation
Nearly 1 in 5 federal workers left under Trump. Black workers took the biggest hit.

A Post analysis reveals how many more workers have departed under President Donald Trump's second administration compared with Joe Biden and Trump's first term.

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New York Times transportation
Fire Breaks Out at South Carolina Nuclear Site (Gift Article)

The fire at the Savannah River National Laboratory prompted officials to limit air traffic in the area. One person was hospitalized with minor injuries, officials said.

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New York Times politicsworldtransportation
Angry Outbursts, Slurs and Firings: Tumult Rocks a Key Senate Campaign
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National Observer businesspoliticstransportation
Canada broke promise to end thermal coal exports

The federal government quietly shelved plans to stop exporting coal to be burned in power plants, as US coal continues to stream out of Canadian ports.

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New York Times sciencetransportation
New York Bought an Electric Ferry. The City Can’t Charge It. (Gift Article)

Locations across the country want to launch electric ferries to cut carbon emissions, but there are challenges to the rollout.

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New York Times politicslegaltransportation
Fallout in Alaska Senate Race Over Peltola’s Ballot Stacking Plot (Gift Article)

Both sides have a long tradition of promoting spoiler candidates.

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New York Times politicstransportation
2026 Midterm Election Ballot Measures: What Races We’re Watching (Gift Article)

More than 140 statewide ballot measures will go before voters during the midterms. Here are the races we’re watching.

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New York Times transportation
Spain Crash Investigators Focus on Train Traffic Controllers’ Role (Gift Article)

After the country’s second major rail disaster in a year, Spaniards were confronting questions about the safety of their once-vaunted rail system.

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New York Times businesspoliticstransportation
In Moving Gradually, Fed Risks Having to Play Catch-Up to Quell Inflation (Gift Article)

Federal Reserve officials are expected to restart rate increases in December, but the cadence of additional moves will depend on the data.

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National Observer sciencetransportation
Antarctic sea ice decline is triggering global ocean changes

A key layer of water around Antarctica is getting saltier, potentially shifting storm tracks and accelerating sea-level rise, new research shows.

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New York Times transportation
At Least 68 Killed in Spain Train Crash, and Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Ballot (Gift Article)

Plus, the legacy of Dolores Huerta.

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The Times (UK) businesspoliticstransportation
Scottish carbon capture project in doubt as cash ‘reprioritised’

The Scottish secretary is warning of significant challenges for Acorn, near Peterhead, after more than 30,000 jobs were originally pledged

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New York Times transportationcultureopinion
What We Know About the Deadly Train Crash in Spain (Gift Article)

A train accident near Toledo, Spain, which killed at least 68 people, was one of the deadliest in the country’s history.

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Medium opiniontransportation
Gamehole Con 2026 Recap

Hey gang! It’s Jon again this week, and fall has arrived in earnest here in Minnesota — I’m starting to see more bare trees, and streets…

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San Francisco Chronicle transportationbusinesstechnology
Tesla Semi truck fire shuts down major Bay Area freeway for hours

A Tesla Semi truck battery fire forced the closure of I-880 in both directions in Hayward. Northbound lanes have reopened, but southbound lanes could remain closed into Wednesday.

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The Times (UK) worldpoliticstransportation
America’s secret tech in the Strait of Hormuz

America’s secret tech in the Strait of Hormuz

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New York Times culturetransportation
How Two Trains Collided in Spain (Gift Article)

Diagrams show how a high-speed train barreled into another train on the same track.

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Medium transportationsportspolitics
I Went Looking for Ghosts Beneath Edinburgh’s Streets

Deep beneath the cobblestone streets lies a forgotten world of haunted vaults, gruesome history, and eerie tales

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New York Times transportation
Spain Train Crash Live Updates: At Least 30 Killed in High-Speed Train Collision, Officials Say (Gift Article)

One high-speed passenger train rear-ended another one near Toledo, months after a crash involving the same carriers killed dozens and stunned the country.

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Medium entertainmentculturetransportation
‘The Substance’ and the “How Much Is Too Much” Dilemma

A movie with no room for subtlety

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New York Times sportsentertainmenttransportation
Anthony Edwards to undergo arthroscopic procedure on right knee: Source
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Medium healthsciencetransportation
Madam Midnight: The Ghost Who Haunts a Shopping Mall

One shopping mall, a midnight mystery, and a ghost who refuses to leave without a bargain.

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Bloomberg transportation
Outdoor Enthusiasm Is Surging. So Is Extreme Weather.

Severe heat, wildfire smoke and intense rainfall and flooding are increasingly complicating our efforts to spend more time outside.

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New York Times transportation
Cody Campbell can spend millions on Texas Tech players. But on Saturday, he’s just like us (Gift Article)

Cody Campbell's response to Texas Tech having the audacity to lose a game is classic pound-the-table-and-ask-to-see-the-manager behavior.

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The Atlantic travelopiniontransportation
Is There Anything BPC-157 Can’t Cure?

Proponents of the peptide say it can treat gingivitis, runner’s knee, even dementia.

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New York Times businesstransportation
Why Is Halloween Candy So Expensive? (Gift Article)

The average cost of a 100-piece bag has jumped 71 percent in the last five years. Consumers are thinking twice about what they’ll spend.

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New York Times sciencetechnologytransportation
28 Miles and Counting: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record (Gift Article)

Advances in self-driving technology have made it easier to traverse distant worlds.

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Medium culturehealthtransportation
What If…

The Thoughts That Haunt Me

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New York Times businesstransportationpolitics
How the Trump Administration Is Eroding Airline Passengers’ Rights (Gift Article)

Under Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department has worked to roll back consumer protections. Passenger advocates say the changes favor airlines.

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Bloomberg businesspoliticstransportation
Microsoft Offers Buyouts to About 7% of US Workers

Microsoft Corp. is offering voluntary retirement to thousands of its employees in the US.

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Bloomberg businesspoliticstransportation
Microsoft to Offer Buyouts to 60,000 Workers in Latest Cost Cut

Microsoft Corp. will offer buyouts to about 60,000 workers, part of the company’s efforts to trim costs and retool its workforce for the artificial intelligence era.

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The Atlantic politicstransportationworld
The Collapse of Cuba

Hunger. Sickness. Blackouts. Abandoned streets. The withering of the state is shocking to behold.

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The Atlantic businesstechnologytransportation
A Public Option for … Groceries?

A new idea for lowering food prices that could actually work

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New York Times politicstransportationlegal
Editors’ Note: Gaza Hospital Coverage (Gift Article)

The Times’s initial accounts of the blast attributed the claim of Israeli responsibility to Palestinian officials, and noted that the Israeli military said it was investigating the blast. However, the...

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New York Times politicstransportation
How R.F.K. Jr. Got on the Michigan Ballot, With Only Two Votes (Gift Article)

The independent candidate persuaded a tiny party to give him its line on the ballot in a key 2024 battleground state, sparing him a costly, arduous organizing effort.

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Medium transportationopinion
Hey Dr Sue — How Safe Is It For A Married Man To Suck Cock

I’m going to be honest, I don’t really know what you mean by “safe” here.

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New York Times transportation
Contaminated Food, Unwashed Hands: Inside an ICE Detention Facility (Gift Article)

Detainees at the Delaney Hall center in Newark have complained for months about dirty, unhealthy living conditions. Documents echo their claims.

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Medium opiniontechnologytransportation
She Wrote to Five Presidents for Seventeen Years Until Thanksgiving Became Official

The woman behind the American holiday, and six thoughtful gifts for whoever hosts yours.

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New York Times politicsworldtransportation
Violent Protests Resurface in Albania: What to Know
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New York Times politicsworldtransportation
Italy’s Young Protesters Return to the Streets

Fed up with the political establishment and rising cost of living, demonstrators hoped to make their message heard after violence overshadowed protests last weekend.

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New York Times sportstransportation
Unrest Erupts Again in France, but This Time, With Less Property Damage (Gift Article)

After largely peaceful marches on Saturday, clashes broke out in the evening. But a large-scale police presence, 1,000 arrests and the rerouting of protest routes kept a lid on wholesale vandalism.

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Medium technologytransportationbusiness
DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017: Why Time Per Task Beats Token Price

Your coding agent’s token bill is about to become rounding error. DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017, released on 17 October 2026, resolves a…

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Medium businesstransportation
The Paper Leviathan: The US, Energy Deficits, the Midterms, and Imperial Overstretch.

The hegemon backs off, caught between bankrupting navies, empty arsenals and burgeoning Eurasian deterrence.

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New York Times businesstransportation
Toilet Rats: Rare, but There (Gift Article)

Heavy rains have prompted public health officials in Washington to warn residents about toilet rats, a rare plumbing nightmare that drives frantic calls to pest control experts.

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The Times (UK) transportationbusinesstechnology
Revealed: Scottish state pays staff £27m for jobs that don’t exist

An SNP ban on compulsory redundancy means 800 public-sector ‘ghost workers’ are on full pay even though their roles are gone

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Medium healthtransportation
Hate Halloween? You Aren’t Alone

Does gory decor need to swap to a loving tradition, for the sake of Veterans and children? Do pumpkins on doorsteps need to be stopped too?

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New York Times cultureopiniontransportation
Opinion | Why Are Voters So Upset? Consider the Snickers Bar. (Gift Article)

A Snickers bar illustrates how humans don’t think about inflation rationally.

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New York Times culturesciencetransportation
What I’m Hearing: Deshaun Watson’s Cleveland future, Jonathan Taylor rumors, Lions’ LaPorta dilemma

Plus, the NFL's potential broader response to the Jalen Hurts situation, Vance Joseph makes his head-coaching case and more.

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The Times (UK) politicsworldtransportation
Hamas isn’t a terrorist organisation, claim Scottish Greens

Party’s co-leader Ross Greer calls for proscription of political wing of Islamist group to be revoked, saying it is a barrier to peace

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New York Times politicstransportation
In New York, Early Voting Starts Saturday (Gift Article)

It’s 11 days until Election Day. In New York City, there are a governor’s race and five ballot proposals.

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